tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post7758847085100142897..comments2023-07-03T18:30:04.135+05:30Comments on Minstrel in Hibernation: How to get through boring lectures- A few brilliant ideas from an English Honours student!AldyWaldyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05498383850201246593noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-83939319900411709052010-07-02T13:50:29.001+05:302010-07-02T13:50:29.001+05:30@ Nups: yea.. nothing can beat that feeling.. I mi...@ Nups: yea.. nothing can beat that feeling.. I miss our grad classes!!!! When we used to sms each other instead of passing notes, which was later replaced by a notebook used n abused by being made to play the role of the FB Wall! lol! Our notebooks should be made articles of heritage value!!! Gosh! ;)AldyWaldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498383850201246593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-80829534880282347012010-07-02T13:48:35.838+05:302010-07-02T13:48:35.838+05:30@ D2; thanks! yea..the smell of the food is a kill...@ D2; thanks! yea..the smell of the food is a killer give-away! My classmates in school (once upon a time when food wasn't allowed to be brought onto class!) were caught by the smell that wafted from theor lunchboxes into the teacher's nostrils! lol!AldyWaldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498383850201246593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-89418376808219039442010-07-02T13:31:21.569+05:302010-07-02T13:31:21.569+05:30knows. But as a slight modification, you can zone ...knows. But as a slight modification, you can zone out keeping a pen in your hand, and well, the rest is the same! And yeah, the creativity angle is the best point (no. 6). Pity my profs don't allow refreshments in the class, but we do smuggle 'em in and the rest is eating and acting and making sure the smell does not reach the prof's nose!<br />:DD2https://www.blogger.com/profile/04659198938158373406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-48351624099001289382010-05-23T13:41:17.593+05:302010-05-23T13:41:17.593+05:30Hehe i used to keep nodding and maitain eye contac...Hehe i used to keep nodding and maitain eye contact wid da teacher..and then happily daydream..of course my brain had ths knack for switchng back on when something relevant was being said..so had da bestof both worlds..but honestly i think we were saved a lot of boredom thanks to sheer numbers..da9 of us would occupy the whole corner row remember..and one was never worried abt notes not being complete coz of inattention,. coz there wer enuf ppl one could borrow notebooks from..Nupurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-1448444449074687922010-04-19T08:29:08.433+05:302010-04-19T08:29:08.433+05:30@ Addy: hehe! Thanks! Yea...all of us look for exc...@ Addy: hehe! Thanks! Yea...all of us look for excuses to do bakwaas in class n not pay attention! :)glad you like it!AldyWaldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498383850201246593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-41989819779823159172010-04-18T20:34:02.095+05:302010-04-18T20:34:02.095+05:30damn! how I wish I had this idea before you for my...damn! how I wish I had this idea before you for my blog.......I strike an idea and find your blog with this post.......talk about.......whatever!<br />nicely put must say.....this post is close to every college students heart....heck! I may add school students too here!!Addyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18291387670626957849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-72328288477280352352010-04-17T19:44:31.252+05:302010-04-17T19:44:31.252+05:30@ Pallavi: Lol! Yea...n laugh at absurd inside jok...@ Pallavi: Lol! Yea...n laugh at absurd inside jokes that no one could talk about n think of perverted connotations for everything said! Hehe! Those were the days..<br />And the gang lingo- "class ke baad?"<br />"kya plan"<br />"dont know, u say"<br />"i dont know u say"<br />"dunno, what do u wanna do?"<br />"Knags?"<br />"too far!"<br />"d-skool?<br />"too far! pagal hai kya?"<br />"nescafe canteen"<br />"ok"<br /><br />Hehehe! The herd mentality n indecisiveness, the age of innocence!lol! Boring classrooms breed creativity!<br />I see our thesis on innovative use of boring lectures is going great guns! :)AldyWaldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498383850201246593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-73819854158225426532010-04-17T19:29:19.638+05:302010-04-17T19:29:19.638+05:30This i really just an addition to what the Minstre...This i really just an addition to what the Minstrel has so rightly stated, but what we usually did was put our lovely ol' profs in skits in our minds or convos from the books we were being tot to see how they'd play out... I mean Zargon, Mexican Faucets (tho conceptualized o/s the class room) were really used later on inside... make up personalized gibberish later to become gang lingo, also think about where u'd go after class plan a lunch... look to the future!Pallavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968013605464086722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-67620669760558797352010-04-17T17:56:38.765+05:302010-04-17T17:56:38.765+05:30@ Ani: hehe!!! Thanks for sharing these wonderful ...@ Ani: hehe!!! Thanks for sharing these wonderful ideas!!! The readers of my blog will surely appreciate your sharing this wisdom with us! ;PAldyWaldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498383850201246593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-24612181985134243392010-04-17T17:55:06.089+05:302010-04-17T17:55:06.089+05:30@ Varun: Lol! ! 10 years earlier I wasn't old ...@ Varun: Lol! ! 10 years earlier I wasn't old enough to write this! hehe! Now I'm a more enlightened person so figured I could help out the next generation, rendering some service in public interest in the process!!!:) ;)AldyWaldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498383850201246593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-89024885086509901612010-04-17T17:49:18.611+05:302010-04-17T17:49:18.611+05:30in tip 5- wen u put your head in your hands, close...in tip 5- wen u put your head in your hands, close your fists... so that all those (loser) people sitting around you who find it funny to wake you up don't realize you are sleeping and do exactly what i mentioned before...!! <br />plus, if you are friends with the girl/boy sitting before you (who is preferably, umm, well built), you can ask him/her to adjust their position so that you are well hidden from the teacher (caution: follow this only when you are one of the backbenchers sitting in the row directly in front of the teacher's desk), once you are sure your teacher can't see you, put your head down and doze off till the end of the period.. (ask you partners to wake you up if you move into her line of vision!)<br /><br />if your teachers are like MINE and don't let ya eat, and if you have a desk which opens up, hide your food in the desk and dig in whenever you want to! (works in my class as when you open your desk, your face also gets hidden from the teachers!!)<br /><br />all the above works perfectly fine! :) especially after a bit of practice.. :DGhOsTwRiTeRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022636969274159146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568527578234490192.post-72957163840052462802010-04-17T17:16:02.462+05:302010-04-17T17:16:02.462+05:30You wrote this late. Its been 10 years now, i pass...You wrote this late. Its been 10 years now, i passed out from school. Why didn't you wrote it earlier....I miss my school days. :(Varunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685269425245277890noreply@blogger.com